Deb Frecklington vows to fight on as leader

LNP leader Deb Frecklington has vowed not to stand down if the party loses the seat of Currumbin in the by-election.

"Absolutely not. Let's wait for the votes to come in. This isn't over yet. We know that thousands of people were unable to vote in the Currumbin by-election yesterday.

"We know that there are still thousands of votes left to be counted.

"It's going to be very, very close," she said.

Queensland Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington.

Asked about retiring LNP MP Jann Stuckey's criticisms of the party during the campaign, Ms Frecklington said: "Well look in relation to the former member for Currumbin, it was disappointing and very difficult for (our candidate) Laura (Gerber) and her family to have those unprovoked attacks against them. We ran a positive campaign about the issues that worried the people of Currumbin."

Ms Stuckey had called Ms Gerber a "blow-in" while Labor ran on their candidate Kaylee Campradt being entrenched in the community.

Stunning new figures from overnight show Labor has strengthened its position in the Currumbin by-election.

At the close of count at 10pm, the figures show Ms Gerber on 48 per cent of the vote.

On this morning's count, her vote has dropped to 42.28 per cent. Ms Campradt is on 39.36 per cent of the vote.

The Greens vote has increased to 11.73 per cent. This is after more than 37 per cent of the vote was counted.

Ms Frecklington today thanked Currumbin voters for voting in tough times with the coronavirus.

"It is obvious that we won't have a result for quite some time yet in the by-election for Currumbin."

"Today I want I want to call on the government to do two things - first do not fine people who did not vote yesterday. And secondly, prepare the ECQ for a full postal vote for the general election come October.